Luna (was Re: A Simpler Scenario)

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Kneasy wrote:
> 
> > Zap Dobby (yes please!), Grawp, Firenze or the manager at Gringotts
> > and you'll probably be all right. Do the world a favour by giving 
> Luna
> > the green light and it's "Go to goal, go directly to goal, do not 
> pass Go,
> > do not collect 200 Galleons.
> 
> I'm glad to see that the idea of zapping Grawp does not stir you to 
> emotion.  However... Luna?
> 

Just a quick reply before the serious stuff of the day starts at the Oval -

Can't stand Luna.
Personal prejudice, of course, and quite unfair. Doesn't stop me, though.
I'm well aware that how Jo probably intends her character to be viewed is
the polar opposite of my reaction. 

Perhaps 'prejudice' isn't quite the most apposite term - 'allergic reaction'
might be better - a continuing response to the (perceived) surfeit of drippy,
vague, pseudo-mystic, LoTR Galadrial-wannabes who infested the scene
during the late 60s and early 70s. Seemed to be at least one drifting round
the fringes of every social group, burbling inanities.
That mix of Tolkien and tokes was a deadly combination.


> No doubt you said it all in post no. 80,000-and-something on HPFGU, 
> but do you feel she does not add positively to the books?
> 

That's one of the problems with being a garrulous old fart, you repeat 
yourself.  Yeah, there's a post or two, brimming with vented spleen,
somewhere in the back files, but I won't bore you by offering links.

As to 'does she add anything' - no, I  don't think she does. Maybe she's due
for a moment or two of glory in book 7. 

> David, whose Monopoly spelt it 'jail'

So does mine.
Perversity rules.
The OED: jail also goal. With a footnote: "In Britain goal is the spelling in 
official use, but both goal and jail are in literary use."
Is Monopoly literary? Now there's a question.

Kneasy